The young man was a little indignant, “No, Master, when you took me in, didn’t you say that our Clear Spirit Sect’s ancestor could exorcise evil and capture ghosts, turn beans into soldiers, and summon the wind and rain?”
The old Daoist priest rolled his eyes, “I’ve never seen the ancestor before, so I can only repeat whatever is written in the book. Anyway, I don’t believe it.”
The young man was speechless. He said gloomily, “Master, I feel that I agreed to cultivate with you because I was fooled by you.”
“Be bolder, get rid of the word ‘feel’.”
The old Daoist priest did not want to bother with his disciple and only focused on eating. Soon, the bowl was empty.
The young man moved his butt left and right in apparent discomfort. After holding it in for a while, he could not help but ask softly,
“Master, do you think it’s possible that after I master the spells of our sect, I can master this divine power?”
“If you can master it, then you can go and be the founder.”
The old Daoist priest curled his lips and pointed at the congee in front of the young man. He asked, “Are you still eating?”
“Oh, Master, I still want to eat.”
“Since you’re not eating, don’t waste it.”
The old Daoist priest skillfully poured half of his disciple’s rice soup into his bowl and started eating again.
The corners of the young man’s mouth twitched. He touched his shriveled money bag, his heart bleeding.
He could only comfort himself in his heart that there were many rich people in Ning Tian Prefecture, so he would definitely be able to find some business to earn some money. His master was the best at conducting funeral affairs and last rites; not only was he able to allow them to leave peacefully, he would also prevent the corpse from resurrecting.
After the old Daoist priest finished the rice soup, he carefully removed the rice grains from his beard and put them into his mouth one by one.
“Hurry up, let’s move after eating. I used the Aura Divination Technique along the way, and realized that the demon had arrived at Ning Tian Prefecture. We have to find its traces before its aura dissipates to prevent it from causing any trouble.”
Hearing this, the young man could not help but mutter,
“We’ve been chasing him for more than half a year. If we have the time, why don’t we find some business to start? We’ve spent most of our money. I heard that the rich businessman in the city, the Ye family, has fallen ill. He’s probably going to die soon… I wonder if we’ll go overboard if we recommend ourselves in advance?”
“… If you want a beating, why bother others? I’ll satisfy you.”
The old Daoist priest had a look of disdain on his face. He felt that his disciple was being stupid.
The two of them finished their meal and paid before standing up to leave. The old and young joined the sea of people.
…
Zhou Jing spent his first night in the Ye family peacefully.
Butler Ye had settled everything, and no one came to disturb him.
Because his aptitude had increased, the bottleneck of training Sorcery had loosened. Zhou Jing spent the entire night cultivating and did not go out.
His news of his deeds needed time to ferment. He decided to wait patiently for a while before acting according to the situation.
At noon the next day, the butler of the Ye family suddenly came to pass a message that Ye Shunzhong had set up a banquet to welcome him.
Zhou Jing naturally had no choice but to go to the banquet.
Soon, Zhou Jing arrived at the main hall, where there were already several tables set up. It looked like a big banquet was being prepared.
Not only were Ye Shunzhong, Ye Yingguang, and the other relatives here, but the other families were also present. It was obvious that Ye Shunzhong wanted to introduce the entire family to him.
Ye Shunzhong sat at the main table and quickly stood up to welcome him. He said warmly, “Daoist Priest Ling Fengzi, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time. Please take a seat.”
Because his current marketing image was that of a mysterious and powerful expert, Zhou Jing did not stand on ceremony with him. He directly sat at the main table and acted as if it was only right.
He glanced around and realized that other than Ye Shunzhong and the others, the other members of the Ye family present had cold expressions. At most, they casually cupped their hands and bowed. Some of them did not even bother with etiquette and only watched coldly from the side.
There were even some young people with ill intentions. They silently exchanged glances as if they were scheming something.
Zhou Jing narrowed his eyes. He was not surprised. These people were from rich families and were famous locally. Normally, who would even dare to be arrogant in front of them?
As for him, a fellow whose background was unknown and who seemed to be a swindler, he was not only staying in their house and still dared to have such an attitude. To be so important to the point that the banquet only started when he arrived, these Ye family members would naturally start thinking why they had to give him face.
Zhou Jing did not mind. This was what he wanted. He wanted his image as an “expert” to be deeply ingrained in the hearts of the people.
It would be even better if someone made things difficult for him. He would not have to take the initiative to show off and increase the credibility of his image.
When everyone arrived, the banquet quickly began. Ye Shunzhong accompanied him and introduced the people in his family to Zhou Jing. Zhou Jing nodded casually and listened casually. This behavior made many people in the Ye family unhappy.
Other than Ye Shunzhong and Ye Yingguang, the other members of the Ye family ignored Zhou Jing. They did not even want to speak at the dining table. The atmosphere was quite loaded at this moment.
After eating for a while, Ye Heng suddenly stood up and spoke loudly,
“Daoist Priest Ling Fengzi, I want to toast you.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the scene fell silent.
The gazes of many people from the Ye family present immediately turned to him in surprise.
Many of the juniors revealed looks of joy and excitement, thinking to themselves that Ye Heng had finally launched an attack.
Zhou Jing raised his eyebrows and looked at him. He recalled Ye Shunzhong’s introduction and asked, “You’re Ye Heng?”
Ye Heng nodded and said in a clear voice with a smug smile, “That’s right. I’m not only a disciple of the Ye family, but also a disciple of the Wu Mountain Sect… I wonder if you know about my Wu Mountain Sect?”
He was pointing out his background, hinting that he was a martial artist from a sect.
Ordinary swindlers did not dare to provoke famous sects. Ye Heng was certain that Zhou Jing was a swindler who had run around in the martial world, so he wanted to scare Zhou Jing off and make him retreat.